Similarly, Boise is now part of the SF/Silicon Valley suburbs. Who woulda thunk they had high speed internet there? little joke.
Bill de Blasio is most likely referring the LEED certification. To retrofit older buildings to LEED standards, is incredibly expensive. Many of the older buildings in NY and across the country have tons of asbestos products in them. $1,000,000 is going to be substantially cheaper than retrofitting the buildings. Therefore, just a tax. Building to LEED standards wrt to new construction is much easier and is already being done in many buildings across the US. https://new.usgbc.org/leed
Buildings with asbestos is not a climate change issue/green issue, that is a cancer issue. Older buildings should have asbestos removed regardless of one's position on future building design.
Irrelevant whether I have worked in CRE...asbestos causes cancer and removing it also removes civil liability that has followed almost all cases of mesothelioma. why is that even a debatable issue.
I agree. We are just lucky to have public servants like DeBlasio and AOC to design buildings for us. I imagine there will be a lot of consulting fees to green consultants passed around too.
I thought it was safe as long as it was not disturbed. So there is no reason to rip it out of buildings and actually reasons to leave it alone.
You clearly do not understand. I am not debating whether it should or shouldn't be removed. I am talking about whether it is or isn't removed. Every building in which I have had an office, was full of asbestos and there are no plans to remove the asbestos in the future either in any of those buildings.
This is the problem because what has been happening is deterioration of the popcorn ceilings and other similar things is releasing the fibers into the air. Also there has been some renovations with ignorant contractors. They should do a detailed survey to determine whether some of it is locked up or already exposed. Lung cancer is no joke.